#reason

It was impossible to reason with a negro-that the only way to keep him in his place was to keep him under fear. ↗

— Henry Carter Stuart

#him #his #impossible #keep #only

When I started my own business, my main reason for designing clothes was that I wanted to dress rock stars and the people who went to rock concerts. It didn't go beyond that aspiration at that point. ↗

— Anna Sui

#beyond #business #clothes #concerts #designing

It is not reason which is the guide of life, but custom. ↗

— David Hume

#guide #life #reason #which

I see no reason for giving the capital employed in agriculture greater protection than the capital vested in other branches of trade, manufacture, or commerce. ↗

— Joseph Hume

#branches #capital #commerce #employed #giving

I'm not competing in Iowa for a reason. ↗

— Jon Huntsman, Jr.

#i #iowa #reason

The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#brute #experience #instinct #instructed #minds

Pity is treason. ↗

— Maximilien Robespierre

#treason

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believing as we already do. ↗

— James Robinson

#believing #consists #finding #going #most

Faith is a continuation of reason. ↗

— William Adams

#faith #reason

Middle age is when a guy keeps turning off lights for economical rather than romantic reasons. ↗

— Lillian Gordy Carter

#age #economical #guy #keeps #lights